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   The attorney general of New York took action Thursday to   
   dissolve the National Rifle Association following an 18-month   
   investigation that found evidence the powerful gun rights group   
   is "fraught with fraud and abuse."   
      
   Attorney General Letitia James claims in a lawsuit filed   
   Thursday that she found financial misconduct in the millions of   
   dollars and that it contributed to a loss of more than $64   
   million over a three-year period.   
      
   The suit alleges that top NRA executives misused charitable   
   funds for personal gain, awarded contracts to friends and family   
   members, and provided contracts to former employees to ensure   
   loyalty.   
      
   Seeking to dissolve the NRA is the most aggressive sanction   
   James could have sought against the not-for-profit organization,   
   which James has jurisdiction over because it is registered in   
   New York. James has a wide range of authorities relating to   
   nonprofits in the state, including the authority to force   
   organizations to cease operations or dissolve. The NRA is all   
   but certain to contest it.   
      
   The NRA said in a statement that the legal action was political,   
   calling it a "baseless premeditated attack on our organization   
   and the Second Amendment freedoms it fights to defend... we not   
   only will not shrink from this fight – we will confront it and   
   prevail."   
      
   "The NRA's influence has been so powerful that the organization   
   went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled   
   millions into their own pockets," James said in a statement.   
   "The NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse, which is why, today,   
   we seek to dissolve the NRA, because no organization is above   
   the law."   
      
   James' complaint names the National Rifle Association as a whole   
   but also names four current and former NRA executives: Executive   
   Vice President Wayne LaPierre, general counsel John Frazer,   
   former Chief Financial Officer Woody Phillips and former chief   
   of staff Joshua Powell.   
      
   It lists dozens of examples of alleged financial malfeasance,   
   including the use of NRA funds for vacations, private jets and   
   expensive meals. In a statement, James' office said that the   
   charitable organization's executives "instituted a culture of   
   self-dealing, mismanagement and negligent oversight" that   
   contributed to "the waste and loss of millions in assets."   
      
   The lawsuit seeks to dissolve the NRA in its entirety and asks   
   the court to order LaPierre and other current and former   
   executives to pay back unlawful profits. It also seeks to remove   
   LaPierre and Frazer from the organization's leadership and   
   prevent the four named individuals from ever serving again on   
   the board of a charity in New York.   
      
   Allegations against CEO Wayne LaPierre   
      
   LaPierre, who also serves as CEO, has held the top position at   
   the organization for nearly 30 years. In the attorney general's   
   lawsuit he is accused of using charitable funds for personal   
   gain, including a post-employment contract valued at more than   
   $17 million that was not approved by the NRA's board of   
   directors.   
      
   The lawsuit also claims that LaPierre received more than $1.2   
   million in expense reimbursements over four years, including   
   gifts for friends, travel expenses and memberships at golf clubs   
   and hotels.   
      
   And it alleges that he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on   
   private plane trips, including for extended family when he was   
   not present; traveled to Africa with his wife on a safari gifted   
   by an NRA vendor; and spent more than $3.6 million on luxury   
   black car services and travel consultants in the past two years.   
      
   Those who attempted to blow the whistle on this behavior, the   
   suit claims, were retaliated against by LaPierre.   
      
   Allegations against former CFO Woody Phillips, former chief of   
   staff Joshua Powell and general counsel John Frazer   
      
   James' lawsuit alleges that Phillips, whose job it was to manage   
   the financial operations of the charitable organization, lied on   
   financial disclosure forms and set up numerous deals to enrich   
   himself and his girlfriend.   
      
   The New York attorney general claims that Phillips set up a   
   contract for himself just before he retired and that the package   
   was worth $1.8 million — purportedly for consulting services to   
   the incoming treasurer. But the incoming treasurer told the New   
   York attorney general that he was not aware of this contract.   
   Phillips also directed a deal worth more than $1 million to his   
   girlfriend, the suit alleges.   
      
   Meanwhile, James alleges that former NRA chief of staff Joshua   
   Powell's salary more than tripled a little more than two years   
   into his tenure, which began in 2016. While he began at   
      
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